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The End Of The Sacrificial Journey

Perspective: The Holy Sepulcher has seen more important failures than mine

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Rod Dreher
Apr 26, 2022
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Brueghel’s ‘The Fall Of Icarus’ (ca. 1555)

T.S. Eliot said famously that April is the cruelest month. I will always remember April 2022 as the month that my wife announced that she has filed for divorce. Yet after the initial shock wore off, I realized that her decision was both correct and courageous. After nine long and grueling years of trying to save…

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